Dekalog (1989)★ 9.1/10
- Drama
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Written by: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
- Original title
- Dekalog
- Storyline
- This is a series of ten shorts created for Polish Television, with plots loosely based upon the Ten Commandments, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. Two of these, Dekalog 5 and 6, are shorter cuts from the feature-length films--Krotki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing) and Krotki film o milosci (A Short Film About Love), respectively. They deal with the emotional turmoil suffered by humanity, when instinctual acts and societal morality conflict.
- Rating
- 9.1 / 10 · 35,279
- Companies
- Telewizja Polska (TVP), Zespol Filmowy "Tor", Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), Telewizja Polska (TVP) - I Program, ARTE, Facets Multimedia Distribution, Multimedia San Paolo S.r.l., New Yorker Films, The Criterion Collection, Umbrella Entertainment, Warner Home Video, absolut MEDIEN
- Release dates
- FR May 16, 1989
- IT September 5, 1989
- BR December 10, 1989
- PL December 10, 1989
- NL March 2, 1990
- XWG May 4, 1990
- SE August 27, 1990
- JP January 20, 1996
- CA January 12, 2001
- GR November 5, 2013
- US September 17, 2016
- GB September 27, 2016
- IN September 27, 2016
- AE June 24, 2019
- ID April 6, 2021
- TH April 6, 2021
- EC April 25, 2021
- EG April 25, 2021
- SG April 25, 2021
- CN September 19, 2021
- PT April 7, 2024